Class: Math 1044 (Intro to Prob/Stat for the Life Sciences)
Lecture Meetings: T/Th, 11:40 AM - 1:20 PM on Zoom. Link on Canvas.
Instructor: Zach Bailey
Email: zbailey@temple.edu
Office: My House
Instructor Office Hours: Tues/Thurs, 1:30 - 2:30 PM, Wed 10:00 - 11:00 AM, and by appointment. Link on Canvas.
TA/Recitation Information: Link
1/19 - Lecture 1: Integration Basics
Reading for next class: Slides/notes on Integration By parts and Substitution.
1/21 - Lecture 2: Substitution and Integration By Parts
Reading for next class: Slides/notes on Improper Integration and Counting
1/26 - Lecture 3: Improper Integration and Basic Counting
Reading for next class: Slides/notes on Permutations and Combinations. Sec 1.1 - 1.4 of Ross.
1/28 - Lecture 4: More Counting - Permutations and Combinations
Reading for next class: Probability Axioms Slides/Notes. Ross 2.1 - 2.4, Adler 6.3.
2/02 - Lecture 5: Probability Axioms + More Counting
Reading: Biology Examples Slides, Adler 6.1 and 6.2.
2/04 - Lecture 6: More Probability Axioms
Reading: Biology Examples Slides, Adler 6.1 and 6.2.
2/09 - Lecture 7: Biology Examples
Reading: Conditional Probability and Bayes' Theorem Slides/Notes + Ross Ch 3, Adler 6.4.
2/11 - Lecture 8: Conditioning.
Reading: Conditional Probability and Bayes' Theorem Slides/Notes + Ross Ch 3, Adler 6.4, 6.5.
2/16 - Lecture 9: Conditioning and Bayes' Theorem
Reading: Finish reading up to Independence.
2/18 - Lecture 10: Independence
Reading: Study for Exam 1
2/23 - "Wellness Day"; class cancelled.
2/25 - Exam 1
Reading: Random variables notes/slides. Ch 4.1, 4.2, 5.1 in Ross, 6.7 in Adler.
3/02 - Lecture 11: Random Variables
Reading: Expectation Notes/slides. Ch 4.3, 4.4, 5.2, 5.3 in Ross, 6.8 in Adler.
3/04 - Lecture 12: Expected Value
Reading: Arithmetic Mean (the expected value), Median, Geometric Mean. Sec 6.9 in Adler.
3/09 - Lecture 13: Median and Geometric Mean
Reading: Mode and Variance notes/slides. Sec 4.4 and 4.5 in Ross, Sec 6.9 in Adler.
3/11 - Lecture 14: Variance.
Reading: Joint Distributions and Sums of RVs. Sec 6.1, 7.1, 7.2 in Ross, Sec 7.1 in Adler.
3/16 - Lecture 15: Joint Distributions
Reading: Products of RVs and Covariance. Sec 7.2 and 7.3 in Adler, 7.4 in Ross (Discrete only)
3/18 - Lecture 16: Covariance and Correlation
Reading: Binomial Distribution. Sec 7.4 in Adler, Sec 4.6 in Ross.
3/23 - Lecture 17: Joint Distribution + covariance + correlation discussion
Reading: Binomial Distribution. Sec 7.4 in Adler, Sec 4.6 in Ross.
3/25 - Lecture 18: Binomial Distribution
Reading: Study for Exam 2!
3/30 - Lecture 19: Exam 2 Review
Reading: Study for Exam 2
4/01 - Exam 2
4/06 - Lecture 20: Binomial Distribution, Part II
Reading: Normal Distribution
4/08 - Lecture 21: Normal Distribution
Reading: Geometric and Exponential Distributions
4/13 - Lecture 22: Geometric and Exponential Distributions
Reading: Poisson Distribution
4/15 - Lecture 23: Poisson Distribution
Reading: Limit Laws
4/20 - Lecture 24: Central Limit Theorem and Law of Large Numbers.
Reading: Review - LLN, CLT, and Chebyshev's Inequality.
4/23 - Lecture 25: Final Exam Review